§ 5. Major Wallasked the Minister of Defence whether he will give consideration to the setting up of a joint training college for the basic training of young officers of all three Services.
§ Mr. SandysAny scheme for closer understanding between the Services has obvious attractions, but it raises quite a number of practical difficulties.
§ Major WallWill my right hon. Friend undertake to consider this matter seriously, in view of the fact that the basic elementary training of young officers and officer cadets is much the same in the three Services, and in view of the undoubted success on a higher level of such inter-Service training as the Imperial Defence College and the Joint Services Staff College?
§ Mr. SandysI can assure my hon. and gallant Friend that I do see the advantages, but I also see the difficulties.